> Generic page-table interfaces use pte_t * for both pointers to PTE table > storage and pointers to software PTE values. Convert the generic > declarations and their MM, fs, and kernel users together so parameters, > return types, callbacks, and local pointers that designate table storage > use hw_pte_t *. > > Include linux/pgtable_types.h from headers that expose the converted > interfaces. It continues to provide pgprot_t to vmalloc.h through > asm/page.h. > > Keep software PTE values as pte_t and retain pte_t * for value interfaces. > > No architecture selects ARCH_HAS_HW_PTE_T at this point, so hw_pte_t > remains an alias of pte_t and this changes the interface vocabulary without > changing representation or behavior. > > Most of this mechanical conversion was generated with the Coccinelle script > included in the cover letter. The script deliberately ignores pte_t * > pointers named ptentp because they designate software PTE values. The > result was then audited, and sites the script could not convert were > updated by hand. > > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <[email protected]>
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